Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-21
WASH NGTON LETTER.
GreaE I'M eye ST ifesEs6 81 t7snk .sEsissl
in tne Besn WIl Cast-NHmas
C the Washington Heirs.
Roger o. r7flIs on tbs Reduction or the
surpIus-COn aiartfn Aahs
tho Namesof HISS n1algnsr.
QoTrespondenesof the Gazette.

VI NAASltC
~ WASHINGTON, Dec. Is The Bean will
case Bss excited great interest acre End
the settlement of the estate is looked for
ward to with great interest. The heirs
in Washington ere quite numerous, and
are defendants Of Colmore Beams broth
ers. The nearest direct relative is Mrs.
Sallie Dove, who resides at 174S N street,
the widow Of DR.. Dove, WHO formerly
lived near the navy yard. She is the
daughter of John Bean, and will
r CeIve One-quarIer or one-half Of
The estate If the court de-
cides the matter in favor of the Washing
ton and Texas claimants. Her daughter
is Mrs. Virginia T. Corbit, well known in
society, and her grandson is George
Helen, also very well known. George,
Ben amin and Ann, the children of George
Besn, the last brother OF the trio, are all
dead, but their children make
numerous family. The daugh-
ter ofAnn Bean married Thomas Howard,
and their children living are William Z.
Howard, Mrs. Samuel Bacon, Mrs. John
D. wilkins, wife OF Colonel wilkins of
the army, and Miss Jennie Middleton of
this City, and Dr.. Howard and Glenn
Howard and Major Thomas Towards
children Of Ssn Antonio.
The other heirs in Washington sre
William Bean, B-rjsmin Bean, Mrs. Van
RisWick, John Jolly Jones, Thsd. Bean.
Mrs. Boswell, Mrs Van Horn, the Co.'S
tellos, the Misses Bean and few others.
Mr.. Roger @. Mills has been inter-
viewed about the tariff and the reduction
OF the surplus. Here are three extracts
ig6n the Interview:
% The working people CT America will be
grestly benefited by reduction of the.
tariff. The American workmen in manu-
lectures are the poorest paid workmen in
the world for the amount Of
product they turn out. Take coal,
for instance. A miner in England, Bel
GUM or Germany gets from rs Cents to
81 day, while in the United States he
gets from 50 TO 81 per day.
Oar people use labor-saviDg machinery
TO a greater extent than any other and
consequently they produce more in d
given time than anv other, and because
they can and do produce more their wages
sre higher and the price Of the product Is
lower.
Our workuen have the skill aud efficien-
cy. Now they want increased demand
for their employment, which will give
them constant work and constant tenden-
deDcy toward higher wages. Wnat viii
gre that grester demand for their en-
ployment? More extended markets for
TIE slle-Cf their products. How ere ehey
80 get them? By lowering the cost Of
| materials that make the flashed products !;
| Of accepting in exchange for orr products
| me surplus OF others.
! Ii recent editorial under the caption
ga Word With CIR. Martini" tie New
York Graphic says:
| The Hon. VIM Hannibal Martin reso.
Iutely demands the name of our WISH.
iRgt0n correspondent, who sad the mem
| Der from Texas blew cut the gas in his
hotel bsfoTe going to bed one night. We
| see he iron hand in the velvet glove Of
| lis cBurtly ana classic sentences and
mast politely but firmly decline.
Our correspondent is in delicate health
and we can't permit Mr. Martin to puIver
bEe him. Aud his name is an office secret
fuYh0W. But we assure Colonel Martin
FIAT We are prepared to assume the re-
Sponsidility for the uttersnces of our cor
jfeepondent, even when they are indiscreet
tt he will favor us with the honor of {
visit We will try 10 make it pleasant ant
Satisfactory
Bat way should this noble Texan,
whom nature cast in truly R)msn
mold, and who uses the Latin language
with Be'isn grace, object to our recital
OF this Incident? II our correspondent
was mistaken, if Mr.. Martin turned out
the gas Ike other men, we are sorry
But Whist of it? To the end of his life
Jeremiah Black could never tie his neck
scarf. Another illustrious Texan, Sam
Houston, always used his fork as an humble
and lowly auxiliary to his knife, and the
great DR.. Johnson drank seventeen cups
of tes when Irish whisky was only shil-
ling quart.
Ecceutricities are the privilege of
greatness and when they involve danger
are often heroic. We exte to the hon.
orable member the assurance of our es-
TEEN, and We are at home from 9 in the
morning until p. N. every day the
Graphic is published.